In 2020-2021, EuFMD conducted scoping activities to better understand the state of preparedness for emergency vaccination for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and similar transboundary animal disease (FAST) in Member Nations (MN). The scoping work, using surveys and a workshop with contingency planners/risk managers, identified specific gaps in the preparedness for emergency vaccination, and identified areas where EuFMD can offer support to MN.   

The aim of the next phase of this project is to identify in more detail when, and how, emergency vaccination would be implemented in the EU for FAST diseases. Participants will have four FMD scenarios to discuss country- and scenario-specific criteria that could be used to decide how and when emergency vaccination could be implemented as a control measure for FMD in MN. The development of criteria will initially focus on FMD, but could later be adapted to emergency vaccination for control of other FAST diseases.  

The workshop hosted by the EuFMD on 10 March 2022 will:

• illustrate how emergency vaccination has been used previously to control FAST disease outbreaks in the EU, and provide an example of the decision criteria developed by the Netherlands for implementing emergency vaccination;
• use FMD outbreak scenarios developed for four countries of Europe, to discuss the priority criteria that would influence the decision to implement emergency vaccination in those scenarios.